August 1, 2015

North Korea Marches Captive Canadian Pastor Out For Show-Trial Photo Op
North Korea marched a Canadian Christian hostage out in front of cameras, so he could admit to crimes against the glorious State—specifically, the crime of placing God above the “Dear Leadership.”  

Obama Judge Fines School Over Christian Prayer
Gov't turning Christians into second-class citizens. An Obama-appointed district judge fined a Mississippi school district over $7500 after a pastor led a prayer before an optional school assembly. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves said the Rankin, Miss., public school district defied his prior order barring prayer at school events by allowing Rev. Rob Gill to begin an assembly honoring students with above-average ACT scores with a prayer.  

Poll: No, Mr. President, you would not win a third term
It seems that Americans can add "no more Obamas" to the oft-heard calls for no more Bushes or Clintons, despite the president's belief that he would be a shoo-in for a third term. Rasmussen Reports on Friday released a poll showing that just one third of likely U.S voters would keep President Obama in office if he ran again. Even among Democrats, only 57 percent would vote for him a third time.  

Jeb Bush grabs cash from Iran and Cuba émigrés while opposing Obama policies
Émigrés from Iran and Cuba are at the top of Jeb Bush’s record-breaking presidential fundraising haul, according to campaign finance disclosures that paint the former Florida governor’s opposition to Barack Obama’s twin foreign policy priorities in stark new light.  

Planned Parenthood President Made 39 Visits To Obama’s White House Since 2009
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, head of the taxpayer-subsidized abortion giant currently facing a firestorm for allegedly selling body parts harvested from aborted babies, has made personal visits to the White House 39 times since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, White House records show.  

Iran calls for Israel's nuclear disarmament
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says now that his country has accepted strict curbs on its nuclear program, it’s time for Israel and the world's other nuclear powers to begin their disarmament.  

Al-Qaida attacks HQ of rebel group it calls US 'agents'
Members of al-Qaida's branch in Syria launched an attack early Friday on the headquarters of a rebel faction in northern Syria believed to have been trained by the U.S. government, killing at least five fighters and wounding more than a dozen, the militants and an activist group said. The Nusra Front, which has also abducted several members of the faction known as Division 30, vowed to cut off "the arms" of the American government in Syria.  

Afghan govt hopes to divide and conquer Taliban
The new leader of the Afghan Taliban faces the twin challenges of bringing together an insurgency that he ran for years under another man's name and uniting a fractured movement that has seen fighters desert for more extreme groups such as the Islamic State. Meanwhile, the Afghan government believes it can seize on the Taliban leadership crisis it has created by announcing that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead for more than two years to further weaken the insurgency.  

Experimental Ebola vaccine could stop virus in West Africa
An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published Friday.  

Baltimore hasn't seen this many killings in 4 decades
Baltimore reached a grim milestone on Friday, three months after riots erupted in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody: With 43 homicides in July, the city has seen more bloodshed in a single month than it has in 43 years.  

July 31, 2015

Good Samaritan Family Gunned Down Trying to Help Stranded Driver in Montana
Trying to be Good Samaritans cost two members of a Montana family their lives and left their daughter wounded. According to the FBI a family pulled over to help a driver on the side of the road and was gunned down. The suspect, 18-year-old Jesus Deniz Mendoza, is expected in federal court Friday. (Credit: KTVQ) According to the FBI a family pulled over to help a driver on the side of the road and was gunned down. The suspect, 18-year-old Jesus Deniz Mendoza, is expected in federal court Friday. The triple shooting happened in the town of Pryor, Montana, about 30 miles south of Billings. The suspect, 18-year-old Jesus Deniz Mendoza, is expected in federal court Friday.  

Slain Hayward police sergeant honored as “warrior”
Lunger, 48, of Brentwood was killed July 22 after he pulled over Mark Anthony Estrada, 21, of Oakland at 3:15 a.m. for driving erratically in his 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, police said. Without warning, Estrada opened fire, striking Lunger in the head, authorities said.  

‘Third World War would be last for humanity’ – Duma speaker
“World War III would be the last for the humanity. And strengthening of Russia’s defense potential, including the budgetary decisions passed by the State Duma is done only for one purpose, which is to prevent the war,” Naryshkin stated in a major interview with Izvestia daily, published on Thursday in connection with the anniversary of Russia’s joining WWI on Serbia’s side.  

Op-Ed: The Middle East They Wanted
Like so much that has been done by the Obama administration, including the diplomatic recognition of Cuba, the agreement demonstrates how safe it is to be America's enemy. The administration's policies toward Israel and Ukraine demonstrate how risky it is to be America's ally.  

Hamas Calls for All Arabs to Attack 'All Soldiers, Settlers'
Hamas leader in Judea-Samaria calls 'all soldiers, settlers legitimate targets' after arson and before attacks - all amid ceasefire talks.  

CO-ROTATING INTERACTION REGION
NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on July 31st when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.  

5.0-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit parts of Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Friday afternoon, the MET office said. The earthquake jolted Jacobabad and Sukkur districts and its adjoining areas, said the report.  

California Drought Could Wipe Cities Off Map If Their Water Runs Out
The epicenter of California’s drought crisis is in the Central Valley, where there are growing fears the drought could wipe entire towns off of the map. Wells are going dry, jobs are harder to come by and families are already moving, either to different states or even Mexico in search of work. “It’s dire, it’s dire here, it’s dire straits,” said Antonio Alvarez.  

4.4-magnitude earthquake felt across Dead Sea
The tremor, which measured 4.4 on the Richter scale, struck at 5:39 a.m, according to the Israel Geophysical Institute, which monitors seismic activity. There were no reports of damage or injuries in Israel or Jordan. The epicenter was in the southern area of the Dead Sea, several kilometers inside the part of the sea controlled by Jordan.  

Earthquake detected in east Mediterranean, frightens locals in south Turkey
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit the east Mediterranean at 01:00 am local time (10:00 pm GMT) on July 30th, terrifying locals in Turkey’s southern provinces.  

Cecil The Lion Stirs More Outrage Than Abortion Mogul Cecile The Lyin'
Society has a funny way of deciding when to express outrage. Millions of innocent humans (aka pregnancy tissue) are slaughtered, and their fully intact body parts are sold. Crickets. A single lion, which was unknown to most of us, gets hunted for sport. International drama.  

Planned Parenthood Received Millions of Dollars After Lobbying Clinton’s State Department
Planned Parenthood lobbied the Department of State many times during Hillary Clinton’s tenure there and received tens of millions of dollars from foreign policy agencies over the past few years, according to a new report. As secretary of state, Clinton attacked the Mexico City Policy, which bans federal funding of abortion overseas.  

Swarms of Locusts Trigger State of Emergency in Southern Russia
Thousands of locusts swarming the Russian village Achikulak in Stavropol krai are destroying crops, according to local reports . The Ministry of Agriculture of Stravropol Territory reported that swarms of migratory locusts in the south of Russia began on July 20 and have since spread to cover an area of about 90,000 hectares, leading officials to declare a state of emergency in three regions.  

'Abortion pill' legalised in Canada
Canadian health authorities have approved the drug RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill. The pill, a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone, had been pending approval by Health Canada since 2012. It has been in use in the United States since 2000 and in France since 1988.  

Chad reintroduces death penalty for acts of terror
MPs in Chad have voted to reinstate the death penalty for acts of terrorism six months after it was abolished. The unanimous vote by 146 of the 189 members of parliament present followed recent attacks by Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighbouring Nigeria. Officials in the mainly Muslim nation have already banned the full Islamic veil in response to suicide bombings.  

Hamas: 'Every Israeli is now a legitimate target' following Duma terror attack
Hamas said Friday that every Israeli is now a legitimate target following the deadly terror attack in the village of Duma in which a Palestinian toddler was killed, Israel Radio reported. In an official message to the public, Hamas also called for a "day of rage" to protest the deadly terror attack and "in order to protect al-Aksa mosque."  

New Report Confirms Findings of Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi
Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi (CCB) member Clare Lopez, believes that in 2011 Hillary Clinton’s State Department was orchestrating its own gun running operation to the Libyan rebels—and that arms dealer Marc Turi has been set up to take the fall for these “illicit arms deals.”  

Zionist Chief: Obama Has 'Shocking Sympathy to Radical Islam'
President Barack Obama has "a painful, unpleasant, shocking sympathy to radical Islam," Morton Klein, president of Zionist Organization of America and former economist for Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, tells Newsmax TV.  

Al-Qaida kills 6 captured Yemeni rebels north of Aden
Al-Qaida fighters have publicly shot to death six Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, in a town north of Aden, Yemeni security officials and witnesses said Thursday. The witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said al-Qaida made the captured Houthi fighters, who were in their early 20s, kneel and kiss their hands before shooting them Wednesday afternoon in Dar Saad.  

Greece's Tsipras prevails over rebels at party meeting
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defeated a bid by dissenters in his left-wing Syriza party to push for an end to bailout talks and an exit from the euro currency.

India 'to overtake China's population by 2022' - UN
A new UN study of global population trends predicts that India will overtake China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022. The report also says that Nigeria will replace the US as the world's third most populous country by around 2050.  

Religious assailant attacks Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, wounding six
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stabbed and wounded six participants, two of them seriously, in the annual Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, with police saying the suspect was jailed for a similar attack 10 years ago.  

Afghan Taliban name a new leader, but peace talks delayed
The Taliban have chosen late supreme leader Mullah Omar's longtime deputy to replace him, two militant commanders said on Thursday, as Pakistan announced that peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government had been postponed.  

70,000 Liberian births unrecorded in Ebola crisis: UNICEF
More than 70,000 Liberian babies were born without being registered as the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaged the impoverished west African nation, leaving them without healthcare and vulnerable to trafficking, UNICEF said Friday.  

July 30, 2015

BREAKING: New Undercover Video Reveals Planned Parenthood Willing to Sell Organs From Delivered Babies
Planned Parenthood Vice President of the Rocky Mountains and Medical Director Dr. Savita Ginde discussing how babies that are "delivered before procedure," aka born alive, are used to harvest "intact" organs.  

The Persecution Of Christians Is Intensifying As Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The Entire World
There is very little that the entire world seems to agree upon, but there is one very frightening trend that is now taking hold literally all over the globe. A passionate hatred of Christianity is sweeping across the planet, and very few global leaders have been willing to step forward and speak out against this rising persecution of Christians.  

A whole new world: Astonishing drought unveils lost Wild West town that has been submerged under Nevada's Lake Mead since 1935
It has been submerged in water for more than 80 years. But now, following this summer's record drought, Lake Mead has almost completely dried up, revealing entire towns that disappeared decades ago. And tourists are flooding in.  

Federal judge threatens to hold IRS chief in contempt
A federal judge threatened to hold IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in contempt Wednesday after the IRS failed to produce, as ordered, newly recovered emails of former IRS official Lois Lerner. “If there is further noncompliance, I will haul into court the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to show cause why that person should not be personally held in contempt of court. I can't make that any clearer,”  

Growing unrest: volcanoes rumble and are shaken by earthquakes from Mexico to the Philippines
– Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Centre said in its daily report that the volcano registered a total of 80 low intensity exhalations and six explosions yesterday, releasing plumes of smoke between 1.5 and two kilometers high.  

Iraqi MP: 'Iraq should establish ties with Israel, we share interests'
Asked about who created the Islamic State, al-Alusi rebuffed wide-spread conspiracy theories linking the extremist groups to non-Arab, non-Islamic actors. "It is our creation, not a Western or European or Crusader or Jewish or Israeli creation. It is a creation of the Arabs and Muslims, because we have failed to protect our society and have allowed these extremist views –to exist."  

Earthquake Hits Israel, No Injuries, Damage Reported
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake occurred early Thursday in Israel. The quake was centered on an area near the Dead Sea, and several people reported feeling its effects in southern Israel. Residents of the north also said they felt vibrations, and investigators are checking whether there were indeed two quakes around the same time.  

CISA: the dirty deal between Google and the NSA that no one is talking about
One of the things that civil liberties activists like to lament about is that the general public seems to care more about Google and Facebook using their personal data to target advertising than the government using it to target drone strikes. The reality is that both types of abuse are dangerous, and they work hand in hand.  

Alien swarm? 10 UFO-like objects filmed flying over Japan
A video shot in Japan’s port city of Osaka has been making the rounds online, displaying a swarm of white spherical objects of unknown origin flying across the sky. The low-quality footage has triggered speculation over extra-terrestrial life and UFOs.  

Out of Shadows: New tech allows face recognition in utter darkness
German researchers have developed a new technology that can identify a person in poor lighting or even in absolute darkness thus potentially solving one of the main issues of the modern face recognition systems. ...Saquib Sarfraz and Rainer Stiefelhagen...created a system that analyzes mid- or far-infrared images and matches them with the ordinary photos thus allowing the people’s faces to be recognized.  

Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children
In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draws thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every year. It's believed that every night hundreds are sold for sex.  

Russia warns US as NGO blacklisted as 'undesirable'
Russia has said it will not tolerate "interference" by foreign organisations after it put a US pro-democracy foundation on a blacklist. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), funded by the US Congress, is the first organisation to be labelled "undesirable" under a new Russian law. Russia's Foreign Ministry warned that "we will never tolerate mentoring and open interference in our affairs by foreign structures".  

Iraqi MP: 'Iraq should establish ties with Israel, we share interests'
...Iraqi MP and leader of the Ummah Party, Mithal al-Alusi, called on Iraq to establish ties with Israel and expressed hope to see an Iraqi embassy in Israel at some point in the near future. ...[he] referred to diplomatic relations with Israel as "our [Iraqi] interest," and added that he does not want Baghdad's interests to be solely to "Abu Mazen," the name by which Mahmoud Abbas is commonly referred to in the Arab World.  

Foreign Ministry calls Sunni Arab states 'Israel's allies'
The Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, called the Middle East’s Sunni Arab nations “Israel’s allies.” ...“What we have is a regime on a roll that is trying to conquer the Middle East,” Gold said of Iran, “and it’s not Israel talking, that is our Sunni Arab neighbors — and you know what? I’ll use another expression – that is our Sunni Arab allies talking.”  

Alan Greenspan: This is 'extremely dangerous'
While markets hone in on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy hints, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan sees a bigger economic irritant—government spending. On Wednesday, Greenspan decried a rise in entitlement costs, which he contended have pressured the U.S. economy.  

Equality Obama-style: profiteering of neighborhoods, fetal organs
Every aspect of the Obama administration’s policy of creating equality in America has established the opposite goal. Better characterization of the policy would be that of ‘re-creating,’ as true equality was built into the founding documents at this nation’s outset. There is a dissembling penchant of this president to makeover the world according to his invalid, biased perspective.  

Terror Arrest in Lackawanna (New York)
Arafat Nagi was arraigned Wednesday morning on charges that he attempted to support a designated terrorist organization. “Nagi attempted to join this terrorist organization, and specifically pledged allegiance to it and it’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” said US Attorney Bill Hochul.  

Canadian Islam Converts Plotted to Kill Jewish Children
A Canadian courtroom was the scene for another revelation about the twisted mindset that animates Islamists. Amanda Korody, found guilty for her part in orchestrating a terrorist bomb plot, wanted to infiltrate a synagogue where she could kill “small Jews” so these children would be spared eternal damnation in hell.  

Can Trump Win?
The GOP base is finally coming out of its economic superiority stupor and focusing on the only issue that has broad appeal to Americans: Law and order. Whether looking out at America’s collapsing boundaries of global influence or within at the pending domestic suicide of our cultural, judicial and economic hegemony, chaos is brewing in a cauldron of lawlessness.  

July 29, 2015

Meteorologists eye rare early season tropical cyclone in Pacific
A tropical depression over the Solomon Islands is being watched closely by meteorologists and climate experts alike in case the deep low pressure system forms into a second rare early season cyclone for the region. This month, Cyclone Raquel became the first July cyclone in Australia's eastern region since the satellite era began in the early 1970s.  

Planned Parenthood Begs Media: Stop Covering Our Scandal
Planned Parenthood is in real trouble. Three shocking videos released over recent days -- with more on the way, apparently -- have shown officials at the abortion giant haggling over the price of aborted baby organs. It's ghastly, gruesome stuff, replete with one representative describing how she alters her late term abortion procedures to "crush" the baby in specific areas as to preserve sought-after and lucrative body parts.  

Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 Hits South Central Alaska; Tremors Felt Miles Away
There were no reported injuries as a result of the seismic event. The earthquake, which struck about 40 miles south of Mount Redoubt at 6:30 p.m. Alaska time, originated 70 miles deep, the agent further said. Michael West, a seismologist at the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said, “It’s deep — that’s important. That means the shaking was not as strong, but spread widely.”  

Laughing Over Dead Babies?
The Center for Medical Progress has now issued a third recording of Planned Parenthood officials explaining their grotesque trafficking in baby body parts. It is even more devastating than the first two.  

Thync review: Where we just say yes to a drug-like, brain-zapping wearable
Meet Thync, a wearable that zaps your brain to change your mood – like a drug that replaces chemicals with technology.  

U.S. State Dept. Bars Christians from Testifying about Persecution
During the height of one of the most brutal months of Muslim persecution of Christians, the U.S. State Department exposed its double standards against persecuted Christian minorities.  

Messianic Predictions Upon Jonathan Pollard’s Release from Prison
“You are a cosmic key to the redemption of the Jewish people. Your release is synonymous with the release of the Shechinah [the Divine presence] from galut [exile]. Your release is tied up with the Moshiach Ben David’s [Messiah son of David’s] return to the Land. Your release is bound to the redemption of the land and people of Israel.” Jewish and Christian believers agree that the judges and lawyers involved in the case 30 years ago could not have anticipated the confluence of events.  

Nicaragua Alert to the Phenomenon of Earthquake Swarm
The authorities and the people of Nicaragua remain on alert today after an earthquake swarm, located among the fault lines of Tiscapa, Zogiab and Escuela in this capital. The coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo, urged Nicaraguans to remain calm and follow all the information about the phenomenon.  

Nationwide Boycott Called As Boy Scouts Of America Adopt The LGBT Agenda
In 2015, the BSA has been hijacked by the LGBT Mafia, and as such, we call for an immediate nationwide boycott and rejection of the Boy Scouts of America. Where is the voice of the Christian Church in this nation to rise up and condemn this? I’ll tell you why, because the useless, silent, end times Laodicean Christian Church is too busy “asking for blessings” instead of standing on the Bible.  

Outrage In Nevada As LGBT Rainbow Flag Replaces American Flag Over Reno City Hall
Sunday in Reno, Nevada, the infamous gay-pride rainbow flag replaced the American flag over City Hall. The outrage was immediate.  

U.S. State Depratment Bars Christinas From Testifying About Persecution
During the height of one of the most brutal months of Muslim persecution of Christians, the U.S. State Department exposed its double standards against persecuted Christian minorities.  

Illegal Aliens Outnumber Unemployed Americans
the Pew Research Center says that the number of illegal aliens in the country currently outnumber unemployed Americans. The number of illegal immigrants in the United States totaled 11.3 million in 2014, outnumbering the 9.6 million Americans who were unemployed in the same year, according to data from Pew Research Center and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  

Top Sunni Muslim cleric al-Qaradawi does about-face, opposes suicide bombings
In a post on his web site, al-Qaradawi wrote that the use of suicide bombers was only permissible to those living under Israeli occupation.  

US Willing to be as 'Flexible' With North Korea as With Iran
US envoy says Obama administration hopes Pyongyang will take note of Iran nuclear agreement and return to negotiating table.  

Taliban’s Supreme Leader Dead
Omar has been in hiding since 2001, when a U.S.-led coalition woke up after 9/11 and waged war on the terrorist organization, and it is possible that the report of his death comes two years after the fact.  

Fed expected to push ahead with rate hike plan
The U.S. central bank is scheduled to issue its latest policy statement at 2 p.m. EDT following a two-day meeting, spelling out how policymakers feel the economy has progressed since they last met in June.  

Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions
"I would like Ukraine to lead the crusades," said Korchynsky, whose battalion's name is Saint Mary. "Our mission is not only to kick out the occupiers, but also revenge. Moscow must burn."  

USGS says 5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes region along Colombia-Panama border
A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated region along the border between Colombia and Panama on Tuesday evening. There were no early reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Service said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, while Colombia's seismological institute put it at 6.1.  

Crescent quake makes, breaks history
"We had a lot of stuff fall from shelves and off the walls,” Frontier Country Historical Museum volunteer Vickey Howard said of the 4.5-magnitude quake, among the largest recorded in the state.  

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Alaska; no major damage reported
The quake's epicenter was about 150 miles from Anchorage to the west of Cook Inlet, near the Chigmit Mountains. The area is southwest of Redoubt Volcano. It was recorded some 70 miles below the earth's surface.  

Mind-Blowing Temperature Fraud At NOAA
The measured US temperature data from USHCN shows that the US is on a long-term cooling trend. But the reported temperatures from NOAA show a strong warming trend. They accomplish this through a spectacular hockey stick of data tampering, which corrupts the US temperature trend by almost two degrees.  

China Pushes to Rewrite Rules of Global Internet
As social media helped topple regimes in the Middle East and northern Africa, a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army publicly warned that an Internet dominated by the U.S. threatened to overthrow China’s Communist Party. Ye Zheng...said the Internet represented a new form of global control, and the U.S. was a “shadow” present during some of those popular uprisings. Beijing had better pay attention.  

Gaza: 'Israeli war crimes' followed soldier's capture - Amnesty
Amnesty International says there is "strong evidence" Israel committed war crimes in Gaza following the capture of a soldier by Hamas in last year's war. Its report says at least 135 civilians were killed in a bombardment of Rafah after Lt Hadar Goldin was seized on 1 August. He was later declared dead. Amnesty said Israel employed a "'gloves-off' policy with devastating consequences for civilians".  

Report: Israeli Air Force strikes target in Syria, killing at least 2 people
Arab media reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force struck a target in Syria, killing at least two people. According to a report on the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen news portal, an Israeli air force jet struck a car in the countryside of Quneitra in the Syrian Golan Heights, killing three people.  

Israel's High Court orders demolition of homes in West Bank settlement
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the state to raze two apartment buildings in the West Bank settlement of Beit El... Settlers and security forces held a tense standoff late Tuesday night in Beit El, as they waited for the High Court ruling which effectively sealed the fate of the disputed apartment buildings known as "the House of Draynof."  

Scientists worry about arms race in artificial intelligence
Scientists and tech experts — including professor Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — warned Tuesday of a global arms race with weapons using artificial intelligence.  

Pollard to be freed; US analyst spied for Israel
Jonathan Pollard, the former Navy intelligence analyst whose conviction of spying for Israel stoked fierce international passions, has been granted parole and will be released from prison in November after nearly 30 years.  

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattles south-central Alaska
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled a wide area of south-central Alaska, including Anchorage, on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tremor struck about 40 miles south of Mount Redoubt, an active volcano near Cook Inlet, and 140 miles southwest of Anchorage, the state's largest city, and was felt 150 miles from its epicenter, the USGS said.  

Mexico sentences 5 men to 697 years for killings of 11 women
Mexican prosecutors announced Tuesday that they had won "historic" convictions and sentences of 697 years in prison against five men for killing 11 women near the border city of Ciudad Juarez.  

Did White House influence 'Daily Show' coverage?
As Jon Stewart begins his final run on the "Daily Show," a pair of scandals threaten to besmirch his reputation with his left-leaning fans. A report by Politico suggests the influential Comedy Central comic may have been influenced by the White House on a number of occasions, possibly shaping what issues he discussed and what viewpoint he adopted on his popular satirical news show.  

Rev. Graham: USA 'Now Exporting The Acceptance of Immorality Via Our President'
n reference to President Barack Obama's trip to Kenya where, during a press conference he expressed support for gay rights and equated legal restrictions on homosexuality to Jim Crow laws and slavery, Reverend Franklin Graham said the United States was "now exporting the acceptance of immorality" through Obama.  

July 28, 2015

US Zionist group backs Huckabee on Holocaust-Iran deal analogy
The Zionist Organization of America stood by Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who said President Barack Obama will march Israelis “to the door of the oven” as part of the Iran nuclear deal.  

CHANCE OF STORMS
NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on July 29th when a solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.  

Will God or the Messiah Build the Third Holy Temple?
Efforts are underway to make the Third Jewish Temple a reality. From preparing vessels to be used in ritualistic service to raising red heifers, controversy arises when questioning who can exactly prepare for and construct the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.  

'Extreme fear' is back for the stock market
Extreme fear is back in the stock market, according to CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index. Just how bad is it? The index has a 100 point scale -- with 0 indicating nightmare level fear and 100 signaling "buy everything in sight" greed. On Monday, the Fear & Greed Index fell to 7.  

Buildings damaged, one missing in Indonesian earthquake
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Tuesday, US seismologists said, causing panicked people to run out of their homes.  

Magnitude 4.5 and 4.0 earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma
Two moderate earthquakes have been recorded in central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.5 magnitude quake at 1:12 p.m. Monday and a 4.0 magnitude quake at 12:49 p.m. Both were about 3 miles northeast of Crescent, or about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City.  

Iran Deal Worth More than All U.S. Aid to Israel Since 1948
The Iran deal will provide Iran with a cash windfall as sanctions are eased and assets are unfrozen. The total amount is estimated to be as high as $150 billion. If so, the Iran deal would give more cash to Iran than the $124.3 billion U.S. has given in total aid to Israel since 1948. The exact amount that Iran would gain through the unfreezing of its foreign assets is a matter of some dispute.  

EU satellite gears up for data flood
Europe's Sentinel-2a satellite is on course to go into full operation in early or mid-October. The spacecraft, which takes visible and infrared pictures of the Earth, was launched in June and is now undergoing a period of commissioning. The observer is the second dedicated mission to fly in the European Union's Copernicus programme.  

IS conflict: Nato discusses Turkey-Syria border crisis
Nato is holding an emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss Turkey's military campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. Turkey was until recently a reluctant partner in the US coalition against IS, but over the past few days it has bombed IS and Kurdish positions. Turkey is also backing plans for a buffer zone on the border with Syria.  

Netanyahu after settler clashes with police: 'We oppose demolition of Beit El homes'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to work to authorize 24 illegal housing units in Beit El, after Border Police violently evacuated scores of activists who were camping out in the half-completed structures early Tuesday morning. “Our stance with regard to the Beit El homes is clear. We oppose their demolition and are working through legal means to prevent this,” Netanyahu said.  

Forget Trump And Bernie: Here’s Why Clinton Or Bush Will Be The Next President
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are rising in the polls and seemingly pose a threat to the political establishment. Come the 2016 primaries, however, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will likely be at the top of the pack. The oligarchy that has controlled American politics for generations is still firmly in control despite the illusion of change. In no way do Trump or Sanders threaten this control despite the corporate media’s fascination with them and polls that appear to show them gaining favor among potential voters.  

US, Turkey plan for 'safe zone' free of IS in northern Syria
Turkey and the United States have agreed on the outlines of a plan to rout the Islamic State group from a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border — a plan that opens the possibility of a safe haven for tens of thousands of displaced Syrians but one that also sets up a potential conflict with U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces in the area.  

21 killed in gun battle at wedding in northern Afghanistan
A gun battle between supporters of two rival warlords killed 21 people at a wedding party in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, police said Monday.  

Ice Cream Shop Serves Abortion-Inspired Flavor For Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
A pro-abortion ice cream shop in Oregon whipped up a special flavor for its recent Planned Parenthood fundraiser. What’s the Scoop? in Portland is evidently unfazed by the recent sting videos showing Planned Parenthood administrators apparently profiting off the sale of aborted fetal organs.  

Boy Scouts of America end total ban on gay adults
The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.  

Chinese stocks destroy $39.8B in U.S. wealth
The Chinese stock implosion is starting to get serious. It's costing U.S. investors real money. The 144 China-based stocks with primary listings on major U.S. exchanges have erased nearly $40 billion in paper wealth since the Shanghai Composite index peaked on June 12. It's an enormous destruction of wealth that in effects wipes out the market value of a company the size of cruise ship operator Carnival.  

North Korea would 'leave no Americans alive' in another war, Kim Jong-un says
North Korea would "leave no Americans alive" should the two countries again meet on the battlefield, the hermit country's leader, Kim Jong-un, threatened on Monday.  

July 27, 2015

Hakone volcano erupts on small scale
Ōwaku Valley, a part of Mount Hakone with high volcanic activity, has been showing more signs of an impending eruption recently.  

EU Commission says Greek bailout talks have started
The European Commission said on Monday that talks between Greece and its creditor institutions on a third bailout had begun in Athens after a delay of a few days.  

Chile volcano has rare eruptions; more expected
The Cabulco volcano in southern Chile has erupted twice in the last 24 hours after being dormant for decades. And there may be more action on the way.  

Volcanic ash forces airport closures in Colombia
Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted in an ash cloud on Sunday, prompting authorities to temporarily close two airports in the area.  

Home > Technology Eruptions of Ash at 5 Volcanoes Shroud Skies in Indonesia
Eruptions of ash at five volcanoes shrouded the skies over parts of the Indonesian archipelago Wednesday, forcing three airports to close.  

Architectural Plans for Third Temple Have Begun
The Temple Institute has released a modern three-dimensional architectural rendition of the future Third Holy Temple, utilizing the latest building material and techniques. The vivid, three-minute video walks viewers through the main sanctuary, showcasing decades of research and tens of innovative Halakhic (Jewish law) solutions to various perplexing issues that were resolved to create fully functional, ready-to-use plans. While staying true to the Halakhic requirements and dimensions, the project also adds some clear modern twists.  

‘Jewish Holy Temples Never Existed’ Says Israeli Arab MK
On the anniversary of the destruction of the two Jewish Holy Temples in Jerusalem, Tisha B’Av, an Israeli Arab lawmaker insisted in a radio interview that neither ever existed.  

Freedom of Speech? 2nd Jew Arrested for Calling Mohammed a Pig
Jerusalem district police arrested a Jewish youth on Monday for his "crime" recorded on video the day before, when he said while leaving the Temple Mount that "Mohammed is a pig," in reference to the founder of Islam.  

Magnitude 6.9 Strikes off Alaska Coast
A strong 6.9 magnitude quake hit off the coast of western Alaska...  

Yehuda Glick Vows: We Won't be Scared off the Temple Mount
Veteran Temple Mount activist calls on 'all Jews, all non-Muslims' to defy Islamist violence by visiting holiest site in Judaism.  

European shares slide taking cues from Asia
European stocks and major commodity prices fell hard on Monday as concerns over China dominated financial markets in the wake of the biggest drop in Shanghai shares in eight years.  

Chinese shares tumble 8.5 percent in biggest one-day drop since 2007
Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent on Monday as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations abruptly ran out of steam, throwing the viability of Beijing's efforts to stave off a deeper crash into doubt.  

GROWING CHANCE OF FLARES
Solar activity is low, but the quiet could soon be interrupted by an M-class solar flare. Fast-growing sunspot AR2390 has an unstable 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for moderately strong explosions. Any such flare on July 27th will likely be geoeffective because the sunspot is directly facing Earth.  

IDF calls up thousands of reservists in massive three-day drill
The IDF General Staff launched a large-scale three-day drill on Monday, testing the military's ability to rapidly transition itself from routine activities to an emergency war footing. In the course of the drill, hundreds of thousands of IDF reservists will receive mock telephone messages asking them to confirm that the call-up system works, and thousands of reservists will be physically called up to bases at short notice.  

Al-Shabab suicide truck bomb hits main Somali hotel, kills 9
A suicide bomber rammed a truck rigged with explosives into the blast walls around one of Mogadishu's most secure hotels, severely damaging the building and killing nine people including a Kenyan diplomat and a Chinese embassy guard, Somalian and Chinese officials said.  

Gold's Two Stories: Paper Markets Collapse... While The Retail Public Buys At A Record Pace
The paper market is telling one story. But the actual physical bullion market is telling quite another. The U.S. Mint has sold over 100,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins so far in July. That’s the highest monthly demand volume registered since April 2013.  

Oklahoma Takes A Hard Look At What Police Seize — And How It's Spent
In Oklahoma, some people in charge of enforcing the law seem to be skirting it. State audits have found people in district attorney offices have used seized money and property to live rent-free and pay off student loans.  

A Supreme Blunder: The Bad, The Good, The Ugly
On June 26, 2015 everything changed… It was on that day that five unelected Justices, redefined what marriage is. Last week I attended the Alliance Defending Freedom Pastors Conference in California, where I was blessed to have heard some of the sharpest Christian lawyers give us the new lay of the “legal land.”  

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits near Tonga: USGS
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the South Pacific Island nation of Tonga on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  

  

July 26, 2015

Strong quake hits off Indonesia, but no tsunami warning
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.0 quake that hit Sunday afternoon was centred 93 kilometres (58 miles) south of the East Java province town of Krajan Tambakrejo, at a depth of 59 kilometres (37 miles).  

Group To Unveil Satan Statue In Detroit During ‘Largest Public Satanic Ceremony In History’
A group is planning to unveil an 8-foot-tall bronze statue featuring a goat-headed Satan in Detroit during a gathering that’s being billed as the “largest public satanic ceremony in history.” ...Saturday’s private event will be open only to people with tickets...“The Unveiling” ...prepare for “a night of chaos, noise, and debauchery… Come dance with the Devil and experience history in the making.”  

Europe braces itself for a revolutionary Leftist backlash after Greece
A pre-revolutionary fervour is sweeping Europe. “The atmosphere is a little similar to the time after 1968 in Europe. I can feel, maybe not a revolutionary mood, but something like widespread impatience”. These were the words of European council president Donald Tusk, 48 hours after Greece’s paymasters imposed the most punishing bail-out measures ever forced on a debtor nation in the eurozone’s 15-year history.  

Military exercise Black Dart to tackle nightmare drone scenario
...Black Dart, a two-week test of tactics and technologies to combat hostile drones that begins Monday on the Point Mugu range at Naval Base Ventura County in California. The military categorizes Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) by size and capability, from Group 5 drones that weigh more than 1,320 pounds and can fly above 18,000 feet like the Reaper, down to Group 1, mini- and micro-drones less than 20 pounds that fly lower than 1,200 feet.   

Al-Aqsa mosque: Israeli police enter Jerusalem holy site
Palestinian youths have clashed with Israeli police who entered the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem. The Palestinians are said to have barricaded themselves inside the mosque and thrown stones at police, who moved in to stop them. Israeli media said the Palestinians had intended to disrupt visits by observant Jews to the Western Wall.  

Turkey car bomb kills two soldiers as PKK truce breaks down
A car bomb attack on a military convoy in south-eastern Turkey has killed two soldiers and injured four others, Turkish officials say. The explosion late on Saturday happened in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, the province governor's office said. The attack came after Turkey bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq - the first such strikes since a peace process began in 2012.  

Fresh attack in north Cameroon town of Maroua 'kills 19'
A suicide attack in the northern Cameroon town of Maroua is reported to have left at least 19 people dead, including the bomber. Many others are thought to have been injured in the blast near a popular bar late on Saturday. It comes three days after a double suicide blast in Maroua that killed at least 13 people.  

Khamenei continues anti-US propaganda, publishes picture of Obama with gun to head
In his latest rhetorical dismissal of Washington, Iran's Supreme Leader tweeted a warning against any military action against Iran by what he called the "aggressive and criminal US." Appearing on Ayatollah Khamenei's official Twitter account...features a quote..."we welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but if any war happens the who will emerge loser will be the aggressive and criminal US."  

Iran launches charm offensive among wary Gulf Arabs
Iran's foreign minister began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups... Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran's July 14 accord with world powers will hasten detente between Tehran and Washington, emboldening Tehran to increase backing for Middle Eastern allies at odds with Gulf Arab countries.  

When a morally bankrupt UN blesses a Hamas-linked group
Hamas just gained a foothold at the United Nations — and about the only consolation is that the vote was surprisingly close. That’s unusual for the world body, where the Third World majority and many of its Western allies normally march in lockstep, especially when it comes to opposing Israel.  

Olive oil prices surge due to drought and disease in Spain and Italy
Salads have rarely been so expensively dressed after a combination of drought and disease pushed the price of olive oil up 10% so far this year, amid warnings from suppliers that harvests are the worst they have seen.

Donald Trump has consistently been outpolling all announced Republican presidential candidates despite a barrage of lies in the media about the busine
The GOP powerbrokers are beyond upset, they are apoplectic. Last month, their favored candidate, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, announced for President, but he was immediately overshadowed by Donald Trump, who officially entered the race the next day.  

The 10 Biggest Media Lies About Donald Trump
Donald Trump has consistently been outpolling all announced Republican presidential candidates despite a barrage of lies in the media about the business mogul. Here's a look at some of the more prominent untruths the media have reported about Trump:  

Et Tu, Schu?
“Schumer is not a Shomer” were the words emblazoned on dozens of placards that were held by some of the 12,000 people who flooded Times Square last week to protest the “Death to America/Death to Israel” deal that Barack Obama and his cronies made on July 14th with––to this day, to this hour––a palpably belligerent, anti-Western, anti-Semitic Iran.  

Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS
January 20, 2009 was the date; the infamous date when the destroyer of the country called the United States of America began his crusade to kill off the hopes and dreams of as many citizens as possible, and as many symbols and patriotic sayings as he possibly could annihilate. If some took actual lives with his deadly thrusts, the happier he was and the more he enjoyed being the “Messiah” of doom.  

Stephen Hawking: Intelligent Aliens Could Destroy Humanity, But Let's Search Anyway
physicist Stephen Hawking helped launch a major new effort to search for signs of intelligent alien life in the cosmos, even though he thinks it's likely that such creatures would try to destroy humanity.